{"id":17530,"date":"2019-10-25T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mipcom-week-kids\/"},"modified":"2019-10-28T08:59:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:59:46","slug":"mipcom-2019-the-week-in-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mipcom-2019-the-week-in-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"MIPCOM: The Week in Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some 1,500 executives from the global kids\u2019 industry descended on the JW Marriott in Cannes on the weekend before MIPCOM, as 600 buyers perused a screenings library with about 1,300 programs and projects<\/a> from around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Studio 100 Media\u2019s brand-new CGI-animated series 100% Wolf\u2014Legend of the Moonstone<\/em>was the most-screened series<\/a> at MIPJunior, followed by Guru Studio\u2019s Pikwik Pack<\/em>\u2014one of the event\u2019s World Premiere TV Screenings. The other MIPJunior World Premiere TV Screening, Heirs of the Night<\/em>, also made the top 30 list, as did Super Shiro<\/em>. The chase comedy from TV Asahi was presented at a breakfast session on Sunday followed by a panel discussion featuring TV Asahi\u2019s Takahiro Kishimoto, Science SARU\u2019s Eunyoung Choi and Cartoon Network\u2019s Leslie Lee and Hoyoung Jung<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The process behind developing a show that will strike a chord with kids (and buyers) took center stage in Saturday morning\u2019s Creators Superpanel, with Rainbow\u2019s Iginio Straffi, Xilam\u2019s Marc du Pontavice, Brown Bag Films\u2019 Bronagh O\u2019Hanlon and Green Gold Animation\u2019s Rajiv Chilaka<\/a>. The panelists sat down for a discussion with World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Anna Carugati before each received a World Screen Kids Trendsetter Award in association with Reed MIDEM. Next up, Lauren Faust, who developed and executive produces DC Super Hero Girls<\/em> on Cartoon Network<\/a>, took part in a one-on-one session with World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Kristin Brzoznowski to talk about empowering young viewers and breaking gender stereotypes.<\/p>\n

The importance of diversity and inclusion could also be seen in this year\u2019s International Emmy Kids Awards nominees<\/a>, announced on the Monday morning of MIPCOM, with contenders from 15 countries. \u201cThe geographic spread and diversity of topics addressed in this year\u2019s nominated programs attest to the vibrancy and quality of children\u2019s television throughout the world,\u201d said Bruce Paisner, the president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.<\/p>\n

The health of the global kids\u2019 sector was the focus of the MIPJunior Keynote Superpanel, featuring Genius Brands International\u2019s Andy Heyward, WildBrain\u2019s Josh Scherba and Serious Lunch and Eye Present\u2019s Genevieve Dexter<\/a> talking with Carugati about how their companies are navigating a fast-changing kids\u2019 market.<\/p>\n

Much of the conversation centered on the impact of the streamers. \u201cStreaming services taking kids seriously has been a really important factor in the industry,\u201d Scherba said. \u201cThey\u2019re putting more resources into kids than we\u2019ve ever seen in the history of kids\u2019 content. It\u2019s more opportunities to make great content. There are challenges that go along with that, but [nevertheless] the industry is healthier than it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dexter noted that digital platforms often don\u2019t want to commission third, fourth or fifth seasons of shows, \u201cthey want new stuff which will drive subscriptions. That is also a challenge. It\u2019s yet to be seen if, for kids, they\u2019ll commit to a brand over the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the complexities of windowing, Heyward observed, \u201cThe sequencing and chronology are in part dependent on how much a particular buyer wants that show. If they want it, they\u2019ll let the rules go away. In the past, it was very clear: over the air broadcast, cable and satellite, syndication, whatever it was. That was a very strict way of rolling out shows. Today there are no rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting Genius Brands\u2019 embrace of new ways of doing business, the company unveiled a strategic co-production partnership with Youku to co-produce Stan Lee\u2019s Superhero Kindergarten<\/em><\/a>, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. And that wasn\u2019t Youku\u2019s only significant kids\u2019 news last week, as the Chinese streamer aligned with Viacom International Media Networks for Little Luban<\/em><\/a>, while also licensing more than 100 hours of CBeebies content from BBC Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to wider shifts in the market, digital players made plenty of headlines last week. Hulu extended its pact with pocket.watch<\/a>, bringing season one of HobbyKids Adventures<\/em> to the platform, as well as new seasons of Ryan\u2019s World<\/em> and other shows. Amazon Prime in France added the preschool SVOD service Hopster<\/a> as well as GulliMax to its offering<\/a>. The AVOD service Tubi unveiled plans for a Tubi Kids platform, which launched this week<\/a> with some 5,000 hours of content.<\/p>\n

For distributors, the digital platforms have certainly created new windowing opportunities, and sales activity with linear and streaming services alike was brisk last week. Superights landed a round of presales<\/a> on the second season of Pat the Dog<\/em>. APC Kids secured the first sales for Riki Group\u2019s<\/a> new animated series Dinocity<\/em>. GO-N International licensed the preschool series Tina & Tony<\/em><\/a> to France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions. Studio 100 Media inked a volume deal with the Hungarian public broadcaster MTVA<\/a> covering more than 200 half hours of kids\u2019 programming. Planeta Junior signed deals with a raft of international broadcasters for its 3D-animated action-comedy series Gormiti<\/em><\/a>. Media I.M. sold Sunny Bunnies<\/em> to Disney Channel Korea<\/a>. GG Bond: Lollipop in Fantasy<\/em>, the latest film based on the GG Bond<\/em> property from Chinese animation company Winsing<\/a>, landed a TV slot in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

MIPJunior and MIPCOM also saw platforms, producers and distributors announce alliances for new content. Nickelodeon International ordered the live-action comedy Goldie\u2019s Oldies<\/em><\/a> (working title) from Viacom International Studios UK. Green Gold Animation and Japan\u2019s ADK Emotions<\/a> partnered to co-produce and distribute Nebula and the Big Blue Couch<\/em>. Jellyfish Pictures struck a development deal with Bomanbridge Media<\/a> for its preschool series Ivy and the Inklings<\/em>. Island of Misfits Media Ventures penned a development project deal with Keith Chapman<\/a>, the creator of PAW Patrol<\/em> and Bob the Builder<\/em>, for a new animated series tentatively titled Farmer Mars<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Catch up on these stories and more on TVKids.ws<\/a>, and visit WorldScreen.com to read our overall take on the big stories and trends<\/a> that came out of MIPCOM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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